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ATEN'I TOOL FOR WORKING WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,523, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed July 26, 1886. Serial No. 209,079.

ville, in the county of Johnson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools for Working Wire Pliers or Pinchers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the'accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,whieh form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to tools for working wire, and is a pair of pliers or pinchers, and is used for the purpose of seizing, clipping, and bending a piece of wire and pressing it into the shape of a ring, to encircle and bind togethercords which are to be bound together in various shapes and for various purposes.

My pliers are more particularly used for binding the cords of netting where they cross each other, as shown in Fig. 6 of the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my pliers. Fig. 2 is a view of the pliers with the arms and lower jaw broken away. Fig. 3 is a View with the jaws of the pliers open. Fig. l is a detail view. Fig. 5 is a section of Fig. 1 cut on the line y y. Fig. 6 is aview of the netting on a frame and some of the rings which bind the cords at the point where they cross.

My invention is described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 1 are the handles of the pliers. 2is the lower jaw. 3 is the upper jaw. These two parts are pivoted together in the usual Way by a pivot, 4. The front end of the lower jaw is composed of four (4) plates. Plate 5 is an extension of the jaw 2, and to it are attached the other plates, as follows: Plate 6, plate 7, plate 8. Plates 6 and 7 are of the same thickness and set on the same planethat is, against the inner face of the plate 5. The curve of the inner edge of plate 6 is nearly in the shape of a horseshoe, its upper end curving rather sharply down. The outer edge of plate 7 exactly conforms to the curve of the inner edge of plate 6, .but does not meet the said curve, and thereby leaves a groove, 9, through which a wire, 10, is forced,

(Model) as hereinafter described. These plates 6, 7, and 8 are secured to plate 5 by rivets,or in any other substantial manner.

In the front end of the lower jaw is cut a notch, 11, which is better seen by reference to Fig. 3. This notch extends through the plates above mentioned. The notch in the plate 7 is wider and deeper than the notches in the plates 5 and 8, and thus thereby leaves a groove between the two plates 5 and 8 around the course of the notch 11', as is indicated by the dotted line 12, Fig. 1.

On the rear face of the lower jaw, and just in rear of the notch 11, rises a horn, 13,whioh is intended as a guide against which the rear face of the upper jaw works. On the front face of the said lower jaw is secured an arm, 14, which rises perpendicular from the lower edge of the lowerjaw, 2, the purpose of which is hereinafter explained.

T0 the front end of the upper jaw, 3, is attached a bite, 15, the lower face of which is curved and grooved longitudinally, so that the wire 10 will not slip out when bitten off. On

the upper edge of the upper jaw, and on aline with the arm 14, is secured a hollow guide, 16, through which the wire 10 runs. On the rear face of the said upper jaw, and some little distance in front of the pivot 4:,is secured an elbowarm, 17, on which revolves a spool, 18. On the front face of the upper j aw, and immediately below the guide 16, is swung a lever, 19, between the arms 20, secured to the front face of said upper jaw, 3. The inner end, 21, of this lever is rounding and grooved,t0 enable it to take hold of the wire 10 and press it against the front face of the upper jaw, 3. (See Fig. 5.) .To the outer end, 22, of the lever 19 is secured a spiral spring, 23, the lower end of which is secured in an eye, 24, on the lower edge of thelower jaw, 2.

On the handle 1 of the upper jaw, 3, and in rear of the pivot 4, is secured abrace, 25, having an elbow extension, 26, through which works a screw, 27. The object of this screw is to regulate the stroke of the pliers.

The pliers are operated as follows: The wire 10 is coiled around the spool 18, its lower end is passed through the guide 16, and down the front face of. upper jaw, 3, between the arms 20, and then into the groove 9, and along the said groove until its end protrudes from the front end of said groove and crosses the notch 11, and then continues to follow the groove 12, as indicated by the dotted line 28, Fig. 3, to the point indicated by Fig. 29. The bite 15 comes down and cuts the said wire off at the 5 point 30, and holds it in its grooved end and presses it down until its end reaches the other end of the wire at the point 29, thus forming a ring. Now the jaws of the pliers are opened.

This causes the spring 23 to bring the front end of the lever-19 against the wire 10, and presses I 5 until it protrudes from the end of said groove at point 30, Fig. 3, crosses the notch 11, and follows the groove 12 until it reaches the point 29. At this point of time the arm 14 presses on the outer end of the lever 19, and relieves I its pressure from against the wire 10, so that the said wire is not pressed farther through said groove by any further downward action of the jaw 3, and at this point of timethe bite 15 has reached the point 30, cuts the wire and presses the end cut off down to the point 29,

and forms the ring, as before described. This operation is repeated as often as I wish to m ake a ring, and may be done with great rapidity. The screw 27 as I have said, regulates the 30 stroke of the jaws, and consequently the size of the ring to be made.

My invention is designed to make netting to cover horses, as is shown in Fig. 6. In this figure, 31 represents the frame, and 32 the pins around which the cords are fastened. 33 represents the cords, and 34 the rings that are made by my pliers, and at the same time pressed round the said cords at the points where they cross.

It is apparent that rny'pliers may be used for Various like purposes, and I broadly claim them for every purpose to which they may be made applicable.

Having described my invention,whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The pliers above described, having thehandles 1 1, lower jaw, 2, having the groove 9, the notch 11 and the groove 12 in said notch, the arm 14, rising perpendicular from the lower edge of said jaw and tripping the lever 19, the upper jaw, 3, pivoted to thesaid lower jaw, and having the bite 15, the guides 16, and the arms 20, the lever 19, pivoted in the said arms, the

spiral spring 23, secured to the outer end of 

